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Best pitcher in baseball debate + Mariners rookie Logan Evans joins · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: That's my stats guy.
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  Speaker 2: Once a crazy stat. I don't even know if this
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  Speaker 2: has been released yet, but.
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  Speaker 3: All right, we're back.
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  Speaker 4: So let's talk Mariner's pitching staff for a few minutes
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  Speaker 4: in the team in general before we get Logan Evans
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  Speaker 4: on the show. George Kirby makes his season debut tonight.
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  Speaker 4: We covered it yesterday, Aja, but this is gonna help.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, George Kirby.
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  Speaker 6: Now, if they get Gilbert back, you know, they need
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  Speaker 6: their five They used only what six last year, I
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  Speaker 6: think it was, and it was mainly those five starters,
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  Speaker 6: so they need those guys back. Kirby is definitely gonna help.
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  Speaker 6: He's pitching at Houston and versus Houston and I so
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  Speaker 6: ye had three rehab starts. He's been out for a
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  Speaker 6: while though. He's been out for three months basically since
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  Speaker 6: the beginning of spring training. So welcome back, George Kirby.
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  Speaker 6: I hope you stay healthy because the Mariners, I mean,
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  Speaker 6: they're they're built on pitching.
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  Speaker 2: Hey.
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  Speaker 4: I don't want to make everything about velocity for performance,
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  Speaker 4: but when it comes to health, I think it helps
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  Speaker 4: a lot. And krats the below for Kirby in his
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  Speaker 4: rehab assignment last starter or too let's see ninety six,
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  Speaker 4: which is where he sits. So that's a good sign.
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  Speaker 4: You're seeing at least the below there. Jumping into a
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  Speaker 4: season is not always easy, but for a guy that's
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  Speaker 4: got the command and controlled down pat, I would expect
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  Speaker 4: some instant success.
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  Speaker 5: For sure.
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  Speaker 7: But if he gives up a hit, or he gives
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  Speaker 7: up multiple hits, his velocity.
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  Speaker 5: Was down half a mile per hour.
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  Speaker 7: It doesn't seem like a lot, But in the big
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  Speaker 7: leagues it's a big deal. Like, this is a dude
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  Speaker 7: that can pitch, and I trust guys who are able
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  Speaker 7: to pitch to be able to come back and kind
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  Speaker 7: of like fight through that rust a little bit, fight
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  Speaker 7: through getting back on a big league mound, which is
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  Speaker 7: way different than rehab games.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, I've got a question for you guys that was
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  Speaker 4: getting kicked around in the chat earlier. You can pick
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  Speaker 4: any pitcher in Major League Baseball right now this season
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  Speaker 4: to start Game one of the World Series for your team.
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  Speaker 3: Who is it?
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  Speaker 6: Schoolblan. That's the easiest choice of all time right now.
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  Speaker 6: Schooble left handed, the gates lefties, throws strikes, go deep
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  Speaker 6: in the game, gets punch outs. I mean, he has
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  Speaker 6: fun and I'll talk trash to you. So Schooble not
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  Speaker 6: even not even like tough choice at all. Yamamoto's pitching,
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  Speaker 6: pitching like you'd want him to. But Yamamoto doesn't have
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  Speaker 6: that hardware like Scooble does. Hunter Brown, Yeah, obviously he's
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  Speaker 6: he's doing well, but right now, I don't see how
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  Speaker 6: he could go against Scooble. I know he had two
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  Speaker 6: outings recently where he gave up runs, but you remember
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  Speaker 6: it because that's rare.
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  Speaker 4: Who would be number two? Then it gets more interesting, right.
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  Speaker 7: The way Yamamoto's pitching. I really like the way Yamamoto's pitching.
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  Speaker 7: He's locating his fastball, which makes that splitter.
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  Speaker 5: Out of the zone.
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  Speaker 7: The one game where he got hit against the Diamondbacks,
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  Speaker 7: I know it's in the division, but he wasn't locating
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  Speaker 7: the fastball. He wasn't getting the calls when he was
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  Speaker 7: pinpointing it, and then they were laying off the splitter,
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  Speaker 7: and then he had to come into the zone.
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  Speaker 5: A little bit. I mean only gave up two home runs.
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  Speaker 5: It wasn't like they waylaid in that game.
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  Speaker 6: Here's an interesting name for you right now, because he's healthy.
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  Speaker 6: He's Jacob de Grom because he's healthy right now. He's
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  Speaker 6: healthy right now now, right now, Jacob deGrom is throwing
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  Speaker 6: the ball about as good as he's thrown it in
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  Speaker 6: a while. So I don't know another guy. I know
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  Speaker 6: he's losing one nothing to the Yankees, but big game
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  Speaker 6: Nate would be tough too, if you I got to
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  Speaker 6: win one game. Natavaldi is on high on my list.
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  Speaker 5: He's got a track record for sure.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, another guy that's pitching really well in the
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  Speaker 7: National League right now, he'd probably be second in the
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  Speaker 7: sy Young Zach Wheeler.
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  Speaker 5: Zach Wheeler has done it.
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  Speaker 7: I thought this was a year that he's going to
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  Speaker 7: win the Cy Young, but obviously Yamamoto's popping up. But
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  Speaker 7: Zach Wheeler just consistently goes out, gives you seven innings.
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  Speaker 5: What do you have last year?
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  Speaker 7: Like nineteen swings and misses in Game one, the game
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  Speaker 7: that they lost to the Mets might even been more
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  Speaker 7: than nineteen.
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  Speaker 5: It was crazy.
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  Speaker 4: Those are good names, And yeah, track record matters for
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  Speaker 4: this topic because ideally, aha, I would like a guy
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  Speaker 4: that's pitched in the playoffs before.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, that's why he don't bring up a scheme,
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  Speaker 6: That's why I like the schemes doesn't fit here because
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  Speaker 6: he hasn't done it. You know, I need to see
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  Speaker 6: him even though like a let's use a garat crochet.
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  Speaker 6: He did pitch in the playoffs his first year, but
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  Speaker 6: I'm talking like after thirty starts, then in another month
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  Speaker 6: of starts in the playoffs and then get me there, Like,
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  Speaker 6: who do I trust that can make that start? Schoogle
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  Speaker 6: did it last year? Right, I've seen him do it.
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  Speaker 6: He pitched great. He basically was the only starter the
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  Speaker 6: Tigers had last year, and they want to They beat
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  Speaker 6: the Astros and went to the second round. Now they
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  Speaker 6: flammed out, flamed out against the Guardians, but still it
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  Speaker 6: was an incredible run for him.
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  Speaker 1: Right, that's the guys I want to see. Have all
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  Speaker 1: these done it for years?
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  Speaker 5: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: The Rangers need to win a big game, guy, so
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  Speaker 1: do it? Evaldi?
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  Speaker 6: Right, we've seen de Grom deal. We've seen him do
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  Speaker 6: it before. I don't know, I like to see guys
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  Speaker 6: that have done it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, let's bring this question to our guest, Logan Evans
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  Speaker 4: Mariners started training us right now on FT Logan, great
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  Speaker 4: to have you on love the field shot and uh,
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  Speaker 4: first off, how you doing but I got a good
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  Speaker 4: question right off the jump here that we're debating. But
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  Speaker 4: what's up man?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. Sorry, it's a little loud
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  Speaker 2: out here. They're doing some stuff on the field, Can
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  Speaker 2: you guys hear me?
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  Speaker 5: All right? Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: We got you good. We got you good.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm gonna hit you with one right out the
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  Speaker 4: jump here. You can't pick one of your teammates, although
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  Speaker 4: actually it would be a difficult call game one starter
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  Speaker 4: in the World Series for you. A current MLB pitcher,
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  Speaker 4: right and he's pitching the way he's pitching right now,
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  Speaker 4: who would you choose.
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  Speaker 8: I'm gonna let this Scott pass here.
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  Speaker 2: He's doing a little bit of work.
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  Speaker 6: Jump you just go out there and say, listen, stop,
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  Speaker 6: I'm doing an interviews.
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  Speaker 5: Stop. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I wish I could, Unfortunately I can't. But I would
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  Speaker 2: definitely choose Jacob de Gram. I got to pitch against
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  Speaker 2: him over there in Texas and he's, uh, he's looking
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  Speaker 2: like his old self. I mean, electric fastball and obviously
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  Speaker 2: with paired with that ninety mile proor slider.
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  Speaker 8: Is just uh, it's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: And the fact that he can pinpoint control that too
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  Speaker 2: is just incredible.
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  Speaker 7: What does that look like when you're when you're you
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  Speaker 7: don't you don't have much dirt in your cleats yet
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  Speaker 7: in the big leagues. But when you're sitting in a
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  Speaker 7: in a dugout watching him pitch, does it look different
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  Speaker 7: or are you just building up the name Jacob de
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  Speaker 7: Gram thinking this dude throws a billion, it's gotta look different.
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  Speaker 8: Uh, yeah, it definitely looks different.
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  Speaker 2: You can tell by the hitter swings and just their reaction,
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  Speaker 2: especially when they come back and they're talking about that
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  Speaker 2: ride and it just hops on you. And then uh,
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  Speaker 2: you see the the swings he gets on the sliders
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  Speaker 2: is just he's making the best hitters in the world
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  Speaker 2: just look stupid.
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  Speaker 8: So you can definitely tell from the dugout for sure.
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  Speaker 4: Logan, how's life for you right now in the big leagues?
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  Speaker 4: What's it been like this season for you individually? And
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  Speaker 4: then with the Mariners team that's off to a really
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  Speaker 4: good start.
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  Speaker 2: Individually, it's been amazing. I'm just super grateful for each
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  Speaker 2: and every day. I'm trying to take it in and.
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  Speaker 8: Really just.
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  Speaker 3: Phone call.
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  Speaker 2: What I've so far. It's just taken everything good or
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  Speaker 2: bad and learn from it. And then with the team,
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  Speaker 2: right now we're rolling, and we're we're going to take
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  Speaker 2: each game a time and.
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  Speaker 8: Whether it's good or bad.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of fight in this team,
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  Speaker 2: and you can see that not only from the pitching
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  Speaker 2: staff but also the hitter. Having the best catch in
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  Speaker 2: the world helps, having an all star center fielder and
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  Speaker 2: surrounded by so many great players.
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  Speaker 8: It's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: But the leadership on this team, not only by example
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  Speaker 2: of their play on the field, but their vocal leadership
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  Speaker 2: into the clubhouse is amazing.
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  Speaker 8: So everything's going great right now.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, essentially last year was your only year in the
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  Speaker 7: minor leagues with the Mariners. You're obviously always looking up
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  Speaker 7: at the big league team. It's everything. They used six
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  Speaker 7: pitchers last year as a starting pitcher in the minor leagues,
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  Speaker 7: do you guys look at that and go crap? I mean,
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  Speaker 7: none of us, none of us ever getting up to
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  Speaker 7: the big leagues because all those dudes do is just
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  Speaker 7: make their starts.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't really focus on that, you know, like I
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  Speaker 2: just was watching their greatness and taking it all in.
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  Speaker 2: But like I said, I didn't really focus on it
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  Speaker 2: too much. I just was trying to do exactly what
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  Speaker 2: I do every day, and that's get my work each day,
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  Speaker 2: one day at a time, and try to get better
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  Speaker 2: whatever it is. And sometimes it's maybe on the mound.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes it's just refining my routine to help me get
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  Speaker 2: ready throughout the week.
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  Speaker 8: So last year, yeah, like you said, they only use.
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  Speaker 2: Six pictures, but those six pictures weren't really really good,
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  Speaker 2: so it was cool to watch.
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  Speaker 6: What are the Mariners teach you once you signed? Because
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  Speaker 6: you were you were drafted in twenty three. Here you
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  Speaker 6: are pitching in the big leagues at you know, twenty
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  Speaker 6: twenty five. You weren't your twelve round picks like you
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  Speaker 6: were a first pick, you know, top top ten pick
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  Speaker 6: in the draft when you were later round picks. So
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  Speaker 6: what did the mirrors tell you once you got there?
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  Speaker 6: In that one year minor league experience, we had what
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  Speaker 6: was their thing that they focused on and said, Logan,
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  Speaker 6: this is how we're going to get you to the
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  Speaker 6: big leagues quickly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we talked about it a lot, and I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: you guys have heard of this, but we talked about
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  Speaker 2: winning the the one to one counts and realistically for me,
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  Speaker 2: they taught that to me, but also it just helped
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  Speaker 2: me simplify the game. I feel like I've had like
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  Speaker 2: all these little bits of puzzle pieces and just put
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  Speaker 2: them into place, but I could never fit in that
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  Speaker 2: big one. And realistically, for me, it was just, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, simplifying the game, and that's really what they
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  Speaker 2: taught me. They gave me a few different pitch trips.
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  Speaker 2: I started to throw the sweeper and started to throw
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  Speaker 2: a curveball because they saw something with the way.
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  Speaker 8: I threw my slider in college.
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  Speaker 2: I did that, and then I started to gain confidence
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  Speaker 2: and then realize, like, hitters are good when they're in
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  Speaker 2: advantage counts, but they're not good when.
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  Speaker 8: You get ahead of them. And I try to do
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  Speaker 8: that every single time.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's not only my identity, but our
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  Speaker 2: entire staff's identity.
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  Speaker 8: So yeah, it wasn't anything crazy.
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  Speaker 2: It was just that they taught me to really simplify
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  Speaker 2: the game, boil it down.
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  Speaker 7: Wait, they didn't tell you, hey, look, you got to
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  Speaker 7: throw way harder than you do, because nobody has any
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  Speaker 7: success in the big leagues without throwing ninety seven to
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  Speaker 7: ninety nine.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it did help that they they gave me
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  Speaker 2: a Velocity program to use.
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  Speaker 8: All right, I got a path to again.
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  Speaker 1: Stop him, stop him, tell him to stop.
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  Speaker 8: Wait.
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  Speaker 3: I have a question why this is happening? How many years?
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  Speaker 5: Real quick?
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  Speaker 9: How many years?
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  Speaker 4: But I want to know, aj how many years does
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  Speaker 4: Logan have to register in the league to be able
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  Speaker 4: to say, buddy, buddy, ten minutes interview now?
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  Speaker 6: Now, he'll get a big respect card if he goes
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  Speaker 6: out there and tells that ground screw. Listen, you know
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  Speaker 6: what you tell him Logan next time he comes by.
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  Speaker 6: The guy I'm doing an interview with has been on
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  Speaker 6: the train with Bobby Dynamite.
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  Speaker 1: He needs quiet on the set. Okay, you'll stop, I promise.
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  Speaker 2: I thought I gave him the look the first time,
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  Speaker 2: like hey, maybe could you help me out here, and
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  Speaker 2: like I don't think he got the gist at all.
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  Speaker 8: But I know that was his last past, So I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 8: I have all for that. You're good, You're good to
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  Speaker 8: the question.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they did tell me to throw harder, and I
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  Speaker 2: did start to throw harder last year. My veal has
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  Speaker 2: been down a little bit this year, but it's also
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  Speaker 2: because I think I'm using so many of my different
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  Speaker 2: pitches that my body might be moving a little differently.
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  Speaker 2: I'm hoping that comes the later I get into the
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  Speaker 2: season and the warmer weather. It's been a little tough
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  Speaker 2: throwing in the forty to fifty degree weather every time.
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  Speaker 2: Throwing in Chicago yesterday it was it was pretty cold
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  Speaker 2: and rainy.
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  Speaker 8: But yeah, I think that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's pretty obvious if you throw harder, you'll
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  Speaker 2: have more success.
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  Speaker 8: You just got to be able to locate it.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, mean, you're used to the cold. You're used to
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  Speaker 5: the cold. You went, you went Penn State.
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  Speaker 7: You're from Michigan, right, or did you grow up in
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  Speaker 7: Michigan or you just born in Michigan.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm from antarbur Michigan.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, so then you went to Penn State and then
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  Speaker 7: you went to Pitt Tell me about that transition, because
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  Speaker 7: you are kind of like the first generation transfer portal
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  Speaker 7: kids that were going through the whole COVID stuff. AJ
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  Speaker 7: and I both have sons that are starting college next year.
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  Speaker 7: How was that Because being from Michigan, you might not know,
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  Speaker 7: but Penn State and Pitt, while they're in the same state,
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  Speaker 7: I don't really think their rival. They may go after
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  Speaker 7: the same players, but I don't really think their rivals.
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  Speaker 7: How is that transfer and transition to another school in
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  Speaker 7: your hopeful pursuit of making the big leagues.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was definitely an experience. Like you said, they're
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  Speaker 2: not really like too big of rivals, especially on the
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  Speaker 2: baseball side. But it was cool to experience both Big
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  Speaker 2: ten college, which I grew up on growing up.
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  Speaker 8: In ann Arbor.
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  Speaker 2: I grew up right around at University of Michigan, so
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  Speaker 2: it was kind of a similar vibe, and then the
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  Speaker 2: back half when I hit the transfer portal going to
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  Speaker 2: pitt It was cool because as I got to experience
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  Speaker 2: what it's like to be in a city and live
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  Speaker 2: that lifestyle. So I think it honestly helped me transition
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  Speaker 2: into what I'm doing now, traveling city to city, learning
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  Speaker 2: how to live, what the speed of it is going
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  Speaker 2: to be like all that. But yeah, it is kind
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  Speaker 2: of weird that you mentioned that because I never had
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  Speaker 2: really thought about that. I'm like the first of the
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  Speaker 2: transfer portal babies, I guess you would say. But I
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  Speaker 2: think it worked out. I think it also has its
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  Speaker 2: pros and cons. I don't love the transferport transfer portal.
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  Speaker 6: But.
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  Speaker 8: I did utilize it obviously.
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  Speaker 2: I think it helped me in the one round of
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  Speaker 2: the transit periods from moving up to teams and getting
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  Speaker 2: drafted all that stuff.
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  Speaker 6: H someone's talking to you, now, be careful, all right,
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  Speaker 6: I forget, forget the baseball side of it, right, Like,
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  Speaker 6: I don't you know, Pitt to Penn State.
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  Speaker 5: Who cares? They both suck in baseball? All right, they're
• 15:57
  Speaker 5: no offense.
• 15:59
  Speaker 8: But let me ask you, that's a tough thing.
• 16:01
  Speaker 6: But yeah, Like, what's it like being from ann Arbor
• 16:06
  Speaker 6: and going to Penn State?
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: Like what does talk football here? Like, let's not talk baseball,
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: Let's talk football.
• 16:13
  Speaker 6: Like when Michigan comes to Penn State, are you in
• 16:16
  Speaker 6: the white out and you're rooting for Penn State over
• 16:18
  Speaker 6: your hometown Wolverine's Like that's where your family's got to
• 16:21
  Speaker 6: get a little mad at you.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, oh yeah, I Actually funny enough, I grew
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: up a Michigan State fan, so my dad went to
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: Michigan State. Yeah, it was already a tough lifestyle growing
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: up in ann Arbor being a Michigan State fan. But then,
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: like you said, I committed to Penn State out of
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: high school and went there, and it's been a huge
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: rivalry for me every single year.
• 16:44
  Speaker 8: My cousin went to Michigan.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: All my best friends grew up Michigan fans, so we
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: get into it every year. I wish that we got
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: to face them this past year because we had a
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: really good football team.
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: I think I pressed the aboard football button and it worked.
• 17:06
  Speaker 6: Hiking Park, Hiking Park and us to get that MLB
• 17:09
  Speaker 6: Wi Fi going down there. Maybe the guy who drove
• 17:11
  Speaker 6: by on his scooter on his little gator that he
• 17:14
  Speaker 6: drives there orbit Orbit got him orbit.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: He's on that visiting park Wi Fi, and maybe that's why.
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: Also the the grounds crew dude who's driving whatever looked
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: over at him, like visiting dougout, not listening to him.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: I'm actually gonna drive over again during his little phone
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: call that he's on orbit.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Orbit.
• 17:37
  Speaker 7: Ground screw guys, they can they can have some. They
• 17:40
  Speaker 7: can have some arrogance. Minor league ground screw guy over
• 17:43
  Speaker 7: at the Yankees. When we were in the minor leagues,
• 17:46
  Speaker 7: they used to spray that reclaimed water on the field
• 17:49
  Speaker 7: and I remember walking in and one dude goes, ah, man,
• 17:53
  Speaker 7: the water it smells like sulfur. Like ah, that water
• 17:56
  Speaker 7: smells like poop. And the dude goes, he shut that's
• 18:00
  Speaker 7: the water off. He goes the smell of twenty six
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: World championships, turns the water back on and starts spraying.
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: It was.
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: It was a very arrogant move by ground screw guy, and.
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: He'd been there for all of them.
• 18:17
  Speaker 5: I don't think so that I doubt that he was.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: Thus, groundskeepers are pretty cool.
• 18:23
  Speaker 6: Actually to me, once I've gotten to know over the years,
• 18:26
  Speaker 6: have been pretty pretty awesome.
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: Yeah, they're for the team.
• 18:29
  Speaker 7: They're for the home team for sure, So he would
• 18:32
  Speaker 7: definitely not turn anything off for the visiting team.
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: By the way, and speaking of football, like Pitt and
• 18:37
  Speaker 6: Penn State, you would think they'd be rivals in football,
• 18:40
  Speaker 6: Like I mean, forget Michigan.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: You know, I know.
• 18:44
  Speaker 6: Comes down to Florida. Pitt comes down to Florida and
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: steals like some baseball recruits every year.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: Because they have a guy.
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: That used to be at Florida State.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: They just haven't been in been very good for a while.
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: I don't know why.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: It's hard to figure out.
• 18:55
  Speaker 7: Tough Devin mezeraka remember that name, he's helping coach at Pitt.
• 19:00
  Speaker 7: It's a tough it's a tough recruit up there. It's like, hey,
• 19:03
  Speaker 7: you want to play in February and p A.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah that's tough.
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: Yep, I gotta pay for it.
• 19:12
  Speaker 6: Oh my phone literally, guy, that's my stats guy once,
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: he says, just.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: Gave me a crazy stat. I don't even know if
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: this has been released yet, but the fastest twelfth rounder
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: to the majors since two thousand.
• 19:36
  Speaker 9: That was cool. Yeah he junk that out of You
• 19:39
  Speaker 9: were one way faster than infielder Kevin Franzen. Yeah one day.
• 19:45
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you can't. You know what?
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: With your quarter zip on, you can also become a
• 19:49
  Speaker 6: broadcaster like Franny is, well, you learned well with the quarters.
• 19:53
  Speaker 6: You can be a GM or you can be a broadcaster,
• 19:56
  Speaker 6: because that's what broadcasters love. It's quarters. It's much like gms.
• 19:59
  Speaker 6: Not seventy two degrees though it's one hundred and seventy
• 20:04
  Speaker 6: two degrees in Houston right now, and you're wearing a
• 20:06
  Speaker 6: quarter zo.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: I know ninety right now. It's like my phone literally
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: was overheating. That's why I dropped from the call. So yeah,
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: I should have planned better. This is my first time.
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: I'm still a rookie obviously, so wow, the phone overheated?
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: Was the roof open.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's open, and it was it was getting toasty
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: out there.
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, it gets real bad. Well, you won't have
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: to deal with that. I'm sure it'll be closed the
• 20:31
  Speaker 4: entire series. Krat snows he played there.
• 20:33
  Speaker 5: Yeah, rookie mistake, that's okay, rookie mistake.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Like more, Yeah, I've I'm sure I will, but I'll
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: definitely learn from each one of them.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: I got one more for you on the way out.
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: You've got some personalities on that team, Jay rodd Or
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: is Raina, Rowdy and many others. Who would you say
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: has the biggest personality? You can go wherever you want
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: with this, whether it's there, the last, the funniest, whatever.
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: Right from what you've experienced so far, there are some
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: very notable names in that category with your current team.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. Actually, I think I'm gonna
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: go with I think I'm gonna go with Rowdy. I
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: know you just said that his name, like you said
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: the two previous to that, Julio, Randy, even JP, like
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: they got such great personalities. But Rowdy, like he's just
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: veteran guy, always talking smack, not only to the players
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: but the umpires. Just he's just a funny dude, and
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: he keeps the clubhouse light each and every day he
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: shows up. There's the same Rowdy loves to do his thing,
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: but super cool. Like when you get to talk to
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: him one on one, he just shares experiences and all
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: these lessons that he's learned, and he's not afraid to
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: pass him down.
• 21:59
  Speaker 9: So I think that that's that's gonna be my choice.
• 22:02
  Speaker 7: Rowdy's a good friend of the show too. It's been
• 22:05
  Speaker 7: been a regular since we started. What is your song?
• 22:09
  Speaker 7: You're You're You're a rookie? What song are you gonna
• 22:11
  Speaker 7: sing on the bus? Have you figured out?
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: I sang Chaboozy, I sing the Shahboozy song, and then
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: I got another one coming up here. Uh, they're gonna
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: send me a song to sing, so I got to
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: learn the lyrics, but I'm not sure exactly what it's
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: gonna be. But I don't think the second one will
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: be my last one either. So I got plenty of songs,
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: but the Chaboozie one was kind of a hit the
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: first time, so we'll see well done.
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: It's gonna be a great album. The Logan Evans Rookie album.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: I can't wait for you?
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: Just around Christmas time they'll put it all on on
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: a nice ottle CD logan.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Great to have you on man, Thanks for the time.
• 22:50
  Speaker 5: This was awesome.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: Hope you enjoyed it.
• 22:52
  Speaker 9: Thank you so much. I appreciate you guys for having
• 22:54
  Speaker 9: me